sifter

[sif-ter]

noun

1. a person or thing that sifts.

2. a kitchen implement for sifting.

   a flour sifter.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sifter¹

First recorded in 1570–80; sift + -er ¹

Example Sentences

To the extent that there’s a new Tim Allen here, it’s the one who, thinking of his late wife, and the flour sifter he has taken care not to clean, he cries, almost, sort of.

From Los Angeles Times

Amazon provided kits to help prepare for wildfire season — including shovels, rakes, sifters, gloves and masks.

From Seattle Times

Three men with metal detectors and sifters swept through the sand.

From Los Angeles Times

Lay your paper heart or other design atop the cake, load up a couple tablespoons of powdered confectioners’ sugar into a sifter or fine-mesh sieve, and let it snow.

From Seattle Times

Recumbent, he tosses a few handfuls of duff into a sifter fashioned from a cat litter box with its bottom cut out and replaced by a screen.

From Seattle Times

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